Del Paxton - Auto Locator - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Buffalo's Del Paxton recorded their second full length Auto Locator straight to tape over three cloudy days in a solar powered barn, somewhere in New York's Finger Lakes. Named for the rewind mechanism on the reel to reel tape machine on which the band tracked the album, Auto Locator coils up the chemical trails of ribbon binding old places and head spaces to our consciousness. Static and hiss leach between analog track layers, blurring the normal and paranormal to remind us that no memory is totally separate from a fiction - just like no drum track is totally separate from bass. Over Auto Locator's ten songs, Del Paxton rip S**t like a band entering their second decade of existence. On-the-nose opener InchFreight Train MetaphorInch throws listeners face first into the band's first album since 2017, with a syncopated pulse and arpeggiating guitar foreshadowing a record replete with punkish, serpentine composition. InchUp With a Twist,Inch the album's lead track, deals in Del Paxton's crashing punk vibrance, through which the band explores and laments the uninspired architecture of American sprawl. Second single InchChart ReaderInch, whose origins trace back to a psychedelic dream inspired by Wayfaring Strangers Cosmic American Music, sees the trio dabbling in emo Americana, even featuring a nod to John Denver's InchTake Me Home, Country Roads.Inch Such unashamed references abound throughout Auto Locator, which takes further inspiration from bands like Mock Orange, Third Eye Blind, and Jimmy Eat World, all of whose influence can be heard on InchPalpitationsInch and third single InchSpiritual Gymnastics.Inch1. Freight Train Metaphor2. Up With A Twist3. Spirirtual Gymnastics4. Chart Reader5. Airport6. Yes Depression7. 100 Words for Snow8. 5's And 6's9. Palpitations10. Autumn Rhythm Album Tracks 1. Freight Train Metaphor 2. Up with a Twist 3. Spiritual Gymnasti